Abstract
We present an optogenetic illumination system capable of real-time light delivery with high spatial resolution to specified targets in freely moving Caenorhabditis elegans. A tracking microscope records the motion of an unrestrained worm expressing channelrhodopsin-2 or halorhodopsin in specific cell types. Image processing software analyzes the worm's position in each video frame, rapidly estimates the locations of targeted cells and instructs a digital micromirror device to illuminate targeted cells with laser light of the appropriate wavelengths to stimulate or inhibit activity. Because each cell in an unrestrained worm is a rapidly moving target, our system operates at high speed (∼50 frames per second) to provide high spatial resolution (∼30 μm). To test the accuracy, flexibility and utility of our system, we performed optogenetic analyses of the worm motor circuit, egg-laying circuit and mechanosensory circuits that have not been possible with previous methods.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 147-152 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Nature Methods |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 Feb 1 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Optogenetic manipulation of neural activity in freely moving Caenorhabditis elegans. / Leifer, Andrew M.; Fang-Yen, Christopher; Gershow, Marc; Alkema, Mark J.; Samuel, Aravinthan D T.
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AU - Samuel, Aravinthan D T
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